Rider University Athletics

Dean Hutchinson returns to the pool deck at Rider in 2022 to assist the staff after serving as an Assistant Coach for the program previously between 2001-2007.  Dean earned an MPT, and, as a USA Swimming Coach, brings 16 years of physical therapy experience along with years of Elite Swimming and 20 years of Elite Coaching at both collegiate and club levels.

As a Division I All-American at Auburn University, Dean understands and is committed to the concept of self-evaluation and peer teaching.

Through his pursuit of a graduate degree in Physical Therapy, Dean not only studied swimming technique in the context of his academic work, but as a licensed Physical Therapist, he has also amassed countless hours of clinical experience managing swimming athletes’ injuries, resulting from a pounding repetition of poor mechanics.

Coach Hutchinson has trained under the best coaches in the world and swam for the best coaches in the world. Coaching has been his personal lab to test what works, what doesn’t work and what causes injury and failure for aquatic athletes.